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[forsaken1111]

Did some experimenting last night with first stage powered by rotary/jet engines. Marginally successful... my heavy lift rotary module was able to raise a payload to 10km with a relatively small amount of fuel and then detached to allow the second stage rocket to continue on. I'm not sure how useful that is though.

From my experience, if you need that little bit of boost for your rocket to get more fuel in space, jets are a quick solution.
The only real issue I have had is when using launch stabilizers, and the jets take off too slowly, so the rocket sort of drifts into them, exploding.

Also, that yellow bit poking out of the launch pad tower-thing is really annoying for wide rockets. Some of my rockets just implode the second physics is enabled because of it.

There's a mod IIRC to remove the launch pad tower entirely.

[Mini]

Another solution is to use the launch stabiliser things to raise your ship above the tower.

[LoSboccacc]

If yoi rotate the camera 90deg you can move the whole rocket forward clicking the capsule

[ank]

That's not his problem. The jet engines take too long to warm up, so the rocket drifts into the stabilizers.
Solution: put the stabilizers in the second stage, and activate them when the jet engines have warmed up.
A few small boosters might also help with the lift off.

[forsaken1111]

There is a JATO module in one of the plugin packs too. Jet Assisted Take Off

Its basically a single burn rocket booster for spaceplanes, sort of. No throttle controls, just enough kick to get you up.

[sebcool]

Remember to add a kethane pump or two if you want to actually move kethane around with it. 

That's what the square thing sticking out from the top is. If you add more than one, it gives 'invalid part configuration' or something.

I'm pretty sure you can have multiple pumps and drills on a craft, it's only the scanners and converters that can't have more than one.

What are the most popular mods/add ons right now? I'm intrigued.

The Kethane mod is getting pretty popular.

Loving the cowling and rocket systems from the core pack.

Does anyone know of a good deploy-able solar panel which works with the electricity plugin?

The satellite pack on this page has one, it actually needs the electricity plugin... It also has a nice ion engine and batteries... And a nice command pod.

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 For the third time 
 http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/13692-Mechanical-Mouse-Industries-Kethane-Payload-Packs-Released%21%21%21

It also has the Kethane mod... Damn i link this way too often...

[Sordid]

If yoi rotate the camera 90deg you can move the whole rocket forward clicking the capsule

Alternatively, copy the .craft file from the VAB folder to the SPH folder, load up your rocket in the hangar, and launch from the runway.

[sebcool]

Right, i'll just bump this thread by showing off my newest creation...

KP (Kerb Probe) Adventure...

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What's it for, you ask? Well, i'm just planning on sending it to the SUN!!
 Well, lets see how it goes... (I have no pictures of the launch or anything, it was boring anyway)

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After exiting kerbin orbit i have finally lowered my periapsis to 10 km, here's me on route to the sun.

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Now i'm six km over the sun, there may be hope that it survives the mission

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What... The... Fuck... Just Happened

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Oh... Overheating... Well that was anti climatic.

Well, that was a success. I managed to get vital info to the engineers to NOT MAKE THEIR SOLAR PROBES OUT OF EXPLODIUM!
Good thing it wasn't manned...

[MarcAFK]

That sun is tiny

[Sirus]

Yeah it is 

Probably a technical issue of some sort. A real star would have been much larger, and of course you wouldn't be able to get anywhere near a kilometer of it.

[ank]

Don't you think it's the altimeter that's messed up?

[Sirus]

Don't you think it's the altimeter that's messed up?

look at the curvature on the star.

it looks smaller than kerbin.

This. A kilometer above Kerbin and you would only barely see the curvature.

[Rose]

So.

If I make it into an intercept orbit with Duna after I screw up and knock off a main booster and three tanks of fuel, that's good right?

[Mini]

Now get home again.

[Rose]

I don't think I'd even have enough fuel to stop if I reached Duna, really. losing everything but the lander didn't do me any favors.